March 14, 2010 | Digital Devices

Apple iPads are now available on pre-order, but with the new Linux-based iPad clones coming out, you might want to save money and get more features.

In fact, there are least 50 table PCs being launched this year.

Some advantages of the new iPad clones:

• Cheaper price: $499 is the base price for an iPad, getting more expensive for decent storage space.
• Expandability: The iPad wants $29 for a power cord. And it doesn’t have an SD slot.
• Ability to run Flash: While YouTube still works on iPads because YouTube provides a special workaround, there are plenty of websites (from video sites to kids educational sites which may not)
• Standards: The iPad uses a “microSIM”, which only one carrier has.
• Multitasking
• DRM: The iPad has Digital Rights Restrictions Managment, clones won’t.

With the ARM processor coming into its own, this year seems ripe for low-power tablet PCs.

Do you think clones will be worth it? Or does Apple have anything which is truly superior to the PC-based tablets?

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6 Responses to “Attack of the Linux iPad Clones”

1. Jay Booshay says:

   March 17, 2010 at 6:51 pm

   Which Linux tablets are coming out?
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6. Chuck says:

   June 18, 2010 at 2:53 pm

   I think that Android tablets could become popular, but for the average tablet user, they will want the simplest user interface with the best app marketplace, which belongs to Apple.